Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural HistoryDalquest, Walter Woelber
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Mammals of Washington, Volume 2: University of Kansas Publications Museum of Natural History
Dalquest, Walter Woelber
Mammals -- Washington (State)
_Distribution._--The Cascade Mountains from the vicinity of Mount
Adams north. The zone of intergradation between _shawi_ and
_immunis_ is in the rugged, inaccessible mountains between Mount
Rainier and Mount Adams.
=Thomomys talpoides limosus= Merriam
_Thomomys limosus_ Merriam, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 14:116,
July 19, 1901.
_Thomomys talpoides limosus_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:235, May 15,
1939.
_Type._--Obtained at White Salmon, Klickitat County, Washington, by
J. A. Loring on June 26, 1897; type in United States National
Museum.
_Racial characters._--Similar to _immunis_ but darker with
smaller, shorter skull.
_Measurements._--One male and 13 female topotypes average,
respectively: total length 210, 198; length of tail 55, 56; hind
foot 30, 28.
_Distribution._--The lower Columbia River Valley, from the type
locality east to the Columbian Plateau.
=Thomomys talpoides douglasii= (Richardson)
_Geomys douglasii_ Richardson, Fauna Boreali-American, 1:200, 1829.
_Geomys fuliginosus_ Schinz, Syn. Mamm., 2:136, 1846 (type from
"Habitat ad fluvium Columbia").
_Thomomys douglasii_ Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5:66,
April 28, 1893.
_Thomomys douglasi douglasi_ Bailey, N. Amer. Fauna, 39:116,
November 15, 1915.
_Thomomys talpoides douglasii_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:234, May
15, 1939.
_Type._--Obtained at Fort Vancouver (now the city of Vancouver),
Clark County, Washington, by David Douglas, probably in 1825.
Probably not now in existence.
_Racial characters._--A medium-sized, yellowish gopher with tiny,
pointed ears and very small postauricular patches.
_Measurements._--Two male and 10 female topotypes average,
respectively: total length 227, 213; length of tail 68, 63; hind
foot 30, 30; and weight 148, 117 grams.
_Distribution._--Known only from Clark County.
=Thomomys talpoides glacialis= Dalquest and Scheffer
_Thomomys talpoides glacialis_ Dalquest and Scheffer, Proc. Biol.
Soc. Washington, 55:97, August 13, 1942.
_Type._--Obtained 2 miles south of Roy, Pierce County, Washington,
by W. W. Dalquest, on December 19, 1941; type in United States
National Museum.
_Racial characters._--A dark, yellowish-brown gopher with
orange-tinged underparts.
_Measurements._--Twenty male and 17 female topotypes average,
respectively: total length 225, 220; length of tail 72, 71; hind
foot 30, 30; and weight 128, 116 grams.
_Distribution._--Known only from Roy Prairie, Pierce County.
=Thomomys talpoides tacomensis= Taylor
_Thomomys douglasii tacomensis_ Taylor, Proc. Biol. Soc.
Washington, 32:169, September 30, 1919.
_Thomomys talpoides tacomensis_ Goldman, Jour. Mamm., 20:235, May
15, 1939.
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